A predominantly one-topic blog: how is it that the most imminent and lethal implication for humankind - the fact that the doctrine of "Mutually Assured Destruction" will not work with Iran - is not being discussed in our media? Until it is recognized that MAD is dead, the Iranian threat will be treated as a threat only to Israel and not as the global threat which it in fact is.
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Victor Davis Hanson | US Election 2020
I agree with VDH except for these two parts. It took him 22 min and 10 sec to mention covid and said: “He [Biden] offered nothing other than Trump did”. But this is not accurate. Trump kept on making fun of the mask. He made fun of Laura Ingraham who had a mask and this took its toll and alienated voters.
VDH's comparison of Trump not wearing masks and trying untested concoctions which would help against covid to Churchill getting in a Halifax bomber is just wrong.
Churchill only indirectly endangered everyone in that his death would have been a disaster for everyone. Not many would have followed his examples of going to the top of buildings to observe the bombing of London during the Blitz. People following Trump in his abhorrence of masks on the other hand endangered themselves and everyone else.
And
my take, as a letter sent to the Jerusalem Post:
Trump lost not to Biden but to covid-19. What really made
all the difference was his incredibly absurd denial of the seriousness of
covid-19 and many, especially older voters, took notice. Of the most important
issues for voters coronavirus topped the list with 41 percent. After all,
on Friday the US had 132 979 new cases at the time Trump kept repeating
how the US was “rounding the corner”.
